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A young girl peers through bricks in the auditorium of Juan Comenius High School during a Continuing Promise 2008 humanitarian assistance project in Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, Aug. 13, 2008. The amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge 3 is deployed as the primary platform for supporting the Caribbean phase of Continuing Promise, an equal-partnership mission between the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, Brazil, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Trinidad, Tobago and Guyana.

PROMISE BRINGS HOPE

A young girl peers through bricks in the auditorium of Juan Comenius High School during a Continuing Promise 2008 humanitarian assistance project in Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, Aug. 13, 2008. The amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge 3 is deployed as the primary platform for supporting the Caribbean phase of Continuing Promise, an equal-partnership mission between the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, Brazil, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Trinidad, Tobago and Guyana.

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